Tool-handle.



No. 792,719. PATENTED JUNE 20, 1905.

' H. E. E. MOLKENTHIN.

TOOL HANDLE.

APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 12, 1904.

INVENTOR NITED STATES Patented June 20, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

TOOL-HANDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 792,719, dated June 20,1905.

Original application filed May 18, 1904, Serial No. 208,548. Divided andthis application filed September 12, 1904. Serial No. 224,124.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, I'IERMAN E. E. MOLKEN- THIN, a. citizen of theUnited States, residing at Coeur dAlene, county of Kootenai, and

State of Idaho, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inTool Handles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to tool-handles, and more especially tohammer-handles, and is adapted for attachment to any suitable head, andthe present application is a division of my copending application,Serial No. 208,548, filed May 18, 1904, and is particularly adapted foruse with the head described in said application, but is not necessarilyso restricted.

The invention has for its object the provisionof means within thehandle, whereby certain tools are slidably and removably held within thehandle, such as a saw or a rule.

A further object of the invention is the novel way in which these toolsare locked in position within the handle and are locked in operableposition.

The invention consists of the novel features and combination of parts,which will be more fully described hereinafter and the novel points setforth in the appended claim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of the tool, Fig. 2 is an edgeview. Fig. 3 is a detail of the handle, showing the saw locked inextended position. Figs. 4, 5, and 6 are details of the locking-catchwhich holds the rule and the saw.

Referring more specially to the drawings, 1 represents the body of thedevice, to which is secured the handle 2, having the undercut apertures-3 and 4, the former of which is adapted to receive the rule 5 and thelatter adapted to receive the saw 6. The rule and saw are locked in thehandle by similar catches secured to the handle and formed from a stripof spring metal 7, having the thumb-piece 8, by which the catch ismanipulated, and the locking-lug 9, bent up from the body of the strip7. This catch is secured to the handle by a bolt passing entirelythrough the handle and engaging both strips of spring metal and holdingthem tightly in engagement with the handle.

The reference-numerals 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15 describe parts of thehammer forming the subject-matter of my copending application, SerialNo. 208,548, filed May 18, 1904, and are clearly described therein,making it unnecessary to enter into a description thereof herein.

I am well aware of the fact that tool-handles have been made which wereadapted to carry tools of different descriptions; but I am not awarethat a tool-handle has been made which holds the tools in the mannerdescribed, and I therefore do not claim, broadly, a tool-handle forcarrying other tools; but

WVhat I do claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A tool-handle provided with an undercut aperture, a tool slidably andremovably mounted in said aperture, and a resilient member provided witha catch secured to the handle within said aperture, said tool providedwith an opening adapted to be engaged by the catch when the tool hasbeen removed and reversed in the aperture and in operative position.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

HERMAN E. E. MOLKENTHIN;

Witnesses:

WM. AYERS, EDWARD P. BAUMAN.

